Re: Viruses leap to smart radio tags

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

On Tue, 18 Jul 2006, Dude VanWinkle wrote:
> On 7/18/06, Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu <Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu> wrote:
> > On Tue, 18 Jul 2006 08:02:39 EDT, Dude VanWinkle said:
> > > from: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4810576.stm
> > >
> > > Computer viruses could be about to take a giant leap and start
> > > spreading via smart barcodes, warn experts.
> > >
> > > Security researchers have infected a Radio Frequency ID tag with a
> > > computer virus to show how the technology is vulnerable to malicious
> > > hackers
> >
> > This is *so* several months old, if this is the same research already
> > reported back on March 16:
> >
> > http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=183700423
>
>
> Whoops!


I haven't heard of it before now (probably did and forgot)

 
> Sorry all, that was a brain fart! I am still having my RFID implants
> retrofitted tho
>
> -JP<who, from the sound of it, was already hacked>
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